Applied Thin Films, Inc.

Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Vikram Sharad Kaul

Sankar Sambasivan

Francis Richard Chapman

Jian Qin

Sridhar Ranganathan

Jeffrey William Donelan

Francis P Abuto

Peiguang Zhou

Howard Martin Welch

Steven Wayne Fitting

Shawn Eric Jenkins

Wade R Thompson

Wen Yuan

Paul Milbrodt

David W Primm

David J Reader

Chris M Allen

Methods and apparatuses for producing a zoned and/or layered substrate are described. A substrate can include a first layer including a first zone, a second zone, and an interface between zones. The first zone can include a plurality of fibers. The second zone can include a plurality of fibers and can be offset from the first zone in a cross-direction. The interface can include at least some of the plurality of fibers of the first zone and at least some of the plurality of fibers of the second zone to provide a purity gradient with a transition width less than 3.8 cm as defined by the Purity Gradient Test Method as described herein.

Zoned and/or layered substrates and method and apparatus for producing the same

A material contains open pores in which the channels and pores that are internally coated with at least one layer of phosphorus-containing alumina. Such material is formed by infiltrating a porous material one or more times with a non-colloidal, low-viscosity liquid coating precursor, drying, and curing the coating precursor to form a phosphorus-containing alumina layer within pores of the material.

Protective internal coatings for porous substrates

Methods and apparatuses for producing a zoned and/or layered substrate are described. A method can include providing a first supply of fibers, providing a second supply of fibers, and providing a headbox. The headbox can include a machine direction, a cross-direction, and a first cross-directional divider that separates a first zone of the headbox from a second zone of the headbox in a cross-directional manner. The method can further include transferring the first supply of fibers and the second supply of fibers to the headbox. The method can also include transferring the first supply of fibers and the second supply of fibers through the headbox to provide the substrate.

Method and apparatus for producing a zoned and/or layered substrate

The present disclosure discloses an embossed patterned elastic laminate. The elastic laminate has an embossed pattern of at least three surface areas. The current disclosure also includes a process for making an embossed patterned elastic laminate. The embossed patterned elastic laminate provides a permanent change to visual aesthetic without adversely impacting the elastic film.

Patterning of an elastic laminate

Methods and systems for cutting or perforating webs are disclosed. A method of cutting or perforating a web can include providing a web including a film. The film can include a polyolefin polymer and a plurality of particles. The film can include a width and length defining a surface. The method can further include stretching the film to provide a stretched film. Stretching the film can provide a plurality of voids in the stretched film. The method can additionally include providing a laser assembly. The method can include directing abeam of light from the laser assembly upon the surface of the web to cut or perforate the web in at least one location.

Methods and systems for cutting or perforating a web with a laser

A solid amorphous silica-rich aluminosilicate composition is stable at temperatures up to 1500&#xb0; C. or above and is capable of sustained use as a coating under high to extreme temperature conditions.

High temperature stable amorphous silica-rich aluminosilicates

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Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Vikram Sharad Kaul